Attachment for wind instruments.



W. MI PHILLIPS.

ATTACHMENT FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1915.

1,204,060. l Patented Nov. 7,1916.

ATTORNEY VVlill@ITED STAWENT GFFICE.

WALTER MOORE PHILLIPS, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR W'ND INSTRUMENTS.

. Application filed May 19, 1915.

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide an attachment for cornets,trombones and similar musical instruments which will enable theperformers to acquire the art of playing the instrument without unduepressure of the mouth piece against his lips. The attachment may also beused as a shock absorber for protecting the lips of the performer whilemarching.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following'specication in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention;Fig'. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is asectional view similar to that shown in Fig. 2, but with the mouth piecepressed inwardly to bring the openings in the telescoping tubes intocommunication with each other.

In playing cornets, trombones and similar musical instruments it isdesirable that the mouth pieces be held close to the lips of theperformer, but without pressure. This art, which is so important inorder that the best results may be obtained has been learned by onlyvery few performers for only when a beginner has one of the bestteachers, or when he holds the mouth piece of the instrument to his lipsproperly during his early attempts, will he acquire the art which isnecessary to perfect the performer.

My attachment, when used, teaches the performer how to hold the mouthpiece to his lips and after he has learned this lesson, the attachmentmay be used by him as a shock absorber when playing his instrument whilemarching.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that two tubes 5 and 6 areprovided, these tubes telescoping with each other and being eachprovided with an orifice, the oriice in the tube 5 being indicated at 7and the orice in the tube 6 being indicated at 8. Normally, the tubes 5and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 29,107.

G are extended so that the oriiices 7 and 8 do not communicate with eachother; but, when the tube 6, with which is connected the mouth piece 9is pressed inwardly, the orifice 8 will communicate with the orice 7 inthe manner indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The tube 6 tapers at itsouter end so that the mouth piece 9 may be tted therein, and the outerend of the'tube 5 tapers so that it may be secured in the tube 10 of amusical instrument.

Disposed around the telescoping tubes 5 and 6 there is a casing 11, thiscasing 11 having a head 1Q which is secured to the tube G by anysuitable means. Disposed around the tube 5 there is a disk 13, this disk13 being provided with a threaded oritice 14: and a. screw 15, the screw15 being disposed in a longitudinal slot 20 in the casing 11 to preventthe rotation of the disk 13 relatively to the casing 11. The screw alsomeshes in the threaded oriiice 1t and engages the tube 5 to prevent therotation of the disk 13 relatively to the said tube. Disposed around thetelescoping tubes 5 and 6 there is a spring 16 which, at its end 17engages the head 12 of the casing 11 and at its end 18, engages the disk1S. This spring 16 serves to hold the tubes 5 and 6 yieldinglv extended.

lVhen the attachment is made use of, to teach a beginner how to hold themouth piece to his lips, the screw 15 is turned out of engagement withthe tube 5, then the tube 5 is rotated to a position where its oriice 7will be in alinement with the orifice S in the tube 6. The screw 15 isthen turned home and when the instrument is played, to which theattachment is secured. any undue pressure against the mouth. piece 9,will move the tube 6 inwardly until the orifice S comes intocommunication with the oritice 7 when the air, passing into the mouthpiece 9, will escape through the orifices 8 and 7 to the casing 11,which will make such a discord as will warn the player that he is usingunnecessary pressure against the mouth piece. As the head 12 is securedto Y screw 15 and the disk 13, it will be seen that the tubes 5 and 6will be held in the said position as long as desired and that n uU theorifices 7 and S will communicate with Yeach other when the tube 6 ispressed ininstructing players, but it also may be used as a shockabsorber, when the instrument is to be played while marching; and whenit is desired to malte use of the attachment merely as a shock absorber,the screw l5 may beI turned out of engagement with the tube and the tube5 may berotated relatively to the casing 1l and the tube 6 so that theoriiiceV 7 in the tube 5 will be at a position where the oriiice Scannot communicate with the orifice 7, when the tube 6 is pressedinwardly relatively to the tube 5. rlhe screw 15 may then beV turnedhome to secure the tube 5 in the said adjusted position. A band 2l isdisposed around the casing 11 at the slotQO, and isadjustablelongitudinally7 or' the casing ll so that the band 21 may be used totake upV the slack when the tension of the spring 16 is increased ordecreased by the adjustment of the disk 13.

Having Y thus described my invention 'l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent: Y

l. in an attachment for wind instruments, a mouthpiece, two Ytelescopicparts to one of which the mouthpiece is secured, there being an openingin each part Ythrough which the' interior ot the inner part maycommunicate` with the exterior ot the outer part, and resilient meansfor holding the parts yieldingly in normal position, and with theopenings spaced from each other.

2. in an attachment for wind instru.ments,Y

two telescopic tubes having passages therethrough,` one of the tubesharing an open-Y end adapted to receive a mouthpiece, the other tubehaving Van open end adapted to be attached to a wind instrument, therebeopeningsV in the sides4 of the tubes through which the interior of theinner tube may 'communicate with the exteriorV of the outer tube whenone of the tubes is pressed to a predetermined position relatively .tothe other, and resilient meanstor holding one of the tubes relativelytothe other out vot the said position; Y

3. In a mouthpiece tor wind instruments, two telescoping tubes, aVcasing secured to one oi the tubes, the body ot the casingV beingdisposed around'and spaced from the tubes, a disk secured to the othertube, and a spring disposed around the tubes and engaging the casing atone end and the diskV l Yat kthe other end.

Gopies'of this patent may beVV obtained for e. in mouthpiece for windinstruments. Vtufo telescoping tubes, there being an opening in a sideof eachorn theV tubes, a casing secured to one ot the tubes, the vbodyot the casing being spaced trom the tubes, disk Secured to the othertube, and a spring disposed Varor-.nd the tubes and engaging the casingat one end and the disk at the other end, to hold the tubes extendedwith the openings out ot communication with each other, Y Y

5. in an attachment for wind instruments, two telescopic tubes, a casingsecured to one or the tubes, the body ot thecasing having longitudinalslot and being' spaced from thetuhes.l a dislr rotatably mounted on theother tube, and means disposed in the slot tor securing the disk to thelast-mentioned tube in adjusted position.` there being an openingthrough the side ot each ot the tubes through which the interior or. theinner tube may communicate with the exterior of the outer tube when oneof the tubes is moved to aV predetermined position relatively to theother tube.

6. ln an two telescoping tubes, a casing secured to one ot the tubes,the body. of the casing haring a longitudinal slotV and being spacedfrom the tubes, a disk adjustably secured to the other tube, aprojectionon the dis r dis-V in the side of the outer tubular part forVVattachment or"y the class described.V

Vtheinner tubular part and an opening communicating with the iirstopening, `so

mally relatively to the other against the resiliencyT ot the said means,the 'openings in the parts will communicate with each other, and airwill pass therethrough to make a that vwhenrone of the parts is pressedabnor-V discord, thereby warning the student as set i Y forth.

lntestimony whereof l hare signed my name to thisspecliicatlon in tlrepresence ot the two subscribing witnesses.

Y WALTER MGRE PHLLIPS.

Vaflitnesses f JN0. C. Conrznr,YV G. M. BULLOCK.

five cents each, by addressing the CommissionerofPatents, i Washington,D. C. Y

